He kinda redeemed himself last week by pulling out the Musou Saber at the same time. Which really makes me wonder why he didn't this time...He's faced Zangetsu Shin before, he should've done something to his advantage.

Though the show does do a good job of making the 'gun' combat fun for the most part (like Gaim and Marika Wu-ing it up) but not this week. they can only do so much with the same weapons before it's just boring.

Needless to say, can't wait for the DJ gun/sword. Hopefully that mixes it up.

Oh yeah it's all very flashy and everything, but Gaim and Zangetsu literally just stood in the water shooting at each other and the battle only got interesting when Gaim was reduced to his base form. Never thought I'd be saying that!

It's weird as well because it's a very similar concept to Chalice, yet Chalice was AWESOME.

About Sigurd being the Energy Rider to always lose: isn't he one of the only two to have killed something?(Inves Hase, Shin Zangetsu killing that big monster from the episode prior to that one)

Good episode. I liked the plot stuff a lot and it does indeed look like next week will be another major turning point. I'm really getting engrossed in the show's plot and am especially curious to see what the hell DJ Sagara's deal is.

I liked some of the action this week, but I cannot get on board with the Tulip Hoppers. They just look ridiculous, especially with the giant lock piece just sticking up in front of the driver's face.

Me from October was wrong: this show can totally pull off dramatic transformations while still keeping the fruit thing intact - Kouta's transformation at the start of the episode was freaking awesome.

Well, to be fair Yoko and Ryouma haven't actually fought anyone besides Kouta and neither one was really trying to hurt him.

I gave it an "Excellent" because while some of the fight scenes may have been lacking, the advancement of the plot really got me going. I called last week's episode filler because the main story line (Yggdrassil) didn't advance at all, but this week we took like 40 steps forward and the prospect of finally knowing what Micchy saw that changed his tune? I'm beyond excited.

I'm beyond excited to see Takatora and Kouta possibly wind up on the same side of things. Or at least see more eye to eye on what's happening. This could be a really interesting reveal next episode. It looks like they're checking out some kind of fossils?

I love how many vehicles this show has. I'm not sure any series has had this many different ones before. And the way they're designed, they end up replacing the Food Droids, the Gaia Memories gadgets, etc. in the toy line. It really works and gives much need variety to the Kamen Riders' rides. I hope to see a couple of more before the show is done.



PS That preview and episode title O_O

Gaaaaaah! It was sorta hard to appreciate this episode after the tease for next week. Looks like we FINALLY get to see what Takatora showed Micchy. Also more Bravo, woohoo!

But yeah, not a bad episode I suppose. I liked the fight between Kouta and Takatora at the end (mainly their initial confrontation and when Gaim was forced into his base orange arms), Sagara continued to be mysterious and teased more about Helheim choosing someone, and it looks like there may be a bit more to Minato than we currently have seen.

But damn that tease for next week.

Definitely. They have packed a ton into the first...less than half the series. It's astonishing really.

Agreed. While I liked the rematch between Zangetsu and Gaim, especially because of what it is leading into, I really did not care for the tulip hoppers. I can forgive something like Suika Arms, that's basically this show's powerdizer equivalent, but we don't need a half dozen cg vehicles.

I do hope that things get changed up a bit in the fights though, as others have stated. I don't completely dislike what we've been getting recently, and I even liked this episode's fights for the most part, but when you compare it to what we got earlier on in the show it's definitely lacking in creativity. Hell we don't even really see much in the way of anyone switching between different arms. Hell, has Ryugen even used kiwi outside of the movie and briefly in one episode? It'd be nice if they changed things up a bit more. Now Gaim basically goes straight to jinba lemon, which kinda makes sense as it is significantly more powerful, but it makes for a bit more of a boring fight.

Yeah this is exactly how I feel, though I absolutely loved last weeks episode and one of new favorite Riders.

I loved the plot advancement in this episode too. I love Ryouma kicking the shit out of Kouta and Kaito because he is my favorite energy rider right now. Though I love that there is more behind Yoko too.

Can't wait to see what's finally going on with the forest and more Knuckle yay!